They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Overview of the production
UPDATE 8 OCTOBER
We’re sorry to say that They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? won’t be going ahead at the Bridge Theatre this November. We and our partners on the production, Elliott & Harper, hope that it will be possible to mount the show at some point in the future.
If you have a booking for this show we can organise a refund – either to your original payment method or as a credit to your account at the Bridge. (That would be very helpful indeed.) You can be in touch with us at boxoffice@bridgetheatre.co.uk.
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The real-life dance marathons of Depression-era America could last weeks, even months.
Paula Vogel’s new play is based on Horace McCoy’s classic story of ambition, desperation and determination.
In Marianne Elliott and Steven Hoggett’s production, The Bridge will be transformed into a 1930s dance hall.
Set design by Bob Crowley, music by Charlotte and Mike Truman, and casting by Charlotte Sutton. A co-production between London Theatre Company and Elliott & Harper productions, with Brandon Millan and Rick Sparks.
If you would like the chance to join the dance, select Stalls Rows A–D , AA–MM or Gallery 1 AA–CC.
General Information
Ticket prices
£72.50, £57.50, £39.50, £25, £15
Reduced prices for previews & midweek matinées
Premium tickets available
Performance schedule
Monday–Saturday: 7.30pm
Wednesdays & Saturdays: 2.30pm
Length
TBC
Access Performances
Audio Described: Saturday 23 January, 2.30pm
Captioned: Saturday 16 January, 2.30pm
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Additional content
Creative Team
Marianne Elliott
Marianne Elliott most recently co-directed Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (alongside Miranda Cromwell) at the Young Vic which, following its West End transfer, is currently playing at the Piccadilly Theatre. Previously Elliott directed the award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company which transfers to Broadway next year and the West End premiere of Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle for Elliott & Harper. During her time as Associate Director at the National Theatre her award-winning productions include Angels in America, War Horse (co-directed with Tom Morris) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. She was previously Artistic Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre and has also directed for the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Old Vic and the Donmar Warehouse.
November 2019
Steven Hoggett
Steven Hoggett was most recently the movement director for Ocean at the End of the Lane at the National Theatre. His previous credits for the National Theatre include Pinocchio, Light Princess, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also on Broadway and West End), Dido Queen of Carthage, The Hot House and Market Boy. His West End theatre credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre (also performed internationally), Close To You – Bacharach Reimagined at the Piccadilly The Twits at the Royal Court and Once at the Phoenix Theatre (also performed on Broadway). His Broadway theatre credits include Joan of Arc: Into the Fire at the Public Theatre, The Crucible at the Walter Herr Theatre, Angels in America and The Last Ship at the Neil Simon Theatre, Rocky at the Winter Gardens The Glass Menagerie at A.R.T and the Booth Theatre, Peter and the Starcatcher at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and American Idiot at the St James Theatre. Opera includes Rigoletto at the Met. Hoggett was a founding co-artistic director of Frantic Assembly for which his credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Lovesong, Othello, Little Dogs, Beautiful Burnout, Stockholm, Pool (No Water) and Dirty Wonderland. His film credits include How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Freak Show.
November 2019
Horace McCoy
Paula Vogel
American playwright Paula Vogel received the Pulitzer Prize for her play How I Learned to Drive. Her other plays include Indencent (Tony Award Nomination for Best Play) The Long Christmas Ride Home, The Mineola Twins, The Baltimore Waltz, Hot ‘N’ Throbbing, Desdemona, And Baby Makes Seven, The Oldest Profession, and A Civil War Christmas.
November 2019